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County assigns leftover DCED Keystone funds to MCIDC, amends demolition subrecipient agreement
Summary
Mifflin County authorized the assignment of $36,642 in leftover DCED Keystone Communities funds to the Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation for demolition work at MCIDC Plaza and approved an amendment reducing the previously arranged grant amount accordingly.
Mifflin County commissioners voted to assign residual funding from a DCED Keystone Communities Program award to the Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation (MCIDC) and to approve an accompanying amendment to a prior subrecipient agreement.
County staff told commissioners the county had $36,642 in leftover funds from a Keystone Communities grant originally awarded for work on the Black's Hospital project. DCED allowed the county to transfer the remaining funds to MCIDC to use toward demolition of select buildings within the MCIDC plaza; staff said the demolition contract includes a base and an alternate for a total near $460,000 plus a $40,000 alternate for High Bay demolition.
The board also approved amendment No. 1 to a November 2023 subrecipient agreement between the county and MCIDC. The original arrangement included a $250,000 loan and a $250,000 grant; under the amendment the grant portion is reduced by the transferred amount (the transcript records an adjustment figure of $36,006.42), leaving the grant at approximately $213,358. County staff said MCIDC will be made whole and that the county retains the returned funds to place in the county improvements fund for other eligible projects.
Commissioners moved and approved both the contract assignment and the amendment by voice vote.
Why it matters: The action keeps state grant dollars in local redevelopment work, shifts a small residual award to a demolition project already underway, and returns a modest portion of funding to county coffers for other projects. The amendment preserves the loan/grant structure of the original subrecipient deal while reducing the grant amount by the stated residual transfer.
